seems we cannot cancel the change event. $ ("#ddlSuggestion").change (function () The " getelementfromdropdown ()" is a method and function name which we are calling in ready function and declare below. Kendo UI UI for jQuery UI for Angular UI for React UI for Vue UI for ASP.NET AJAX UI for ASP.NET MVC UI for ASP.NET Core UI for Blazor UI for Silverlight . 24,164 Solution 1. Function getelementfromdropdown () Description: Bind an event handler to the "change" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element. This event is limited to elements,